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10/18/14: St. Louis Blues 6 Arizona Coyotes 1

St. Louis ContributionsJ. Schwartz – races to a loose puck in the right corner of the Coyotes zone and chips at it at the same time as Summers, sending the puck into the air back to the slotV. Tarasenko – knocks the bouncing puck in front of himself in the slot and puts a shot on Smith that rolls back down to the iceD. Backes – crashes the crease looking for the puck and gets hit in the back by Stone, causing him to fall and knock the puck in with his right skate

Arizona FaultsO. Ekman-Larsson – in the penalty box for interferenceM. Stone – hits Backes in the back towards the crease, causing him to knock the puck in with his skate

2nd Blues Goal (Steen), Even

St. Louis ContributionsD. Backes – gets the puck in the Blues zone and moves it along to Jackman exiting the zone (cont.), gets to Tarasenko’s rebound first, but can’t shoot it because Summers pokes the puck, then gets the puck below the goal line and passes it to Steen at the bottom inside corner of the right faceoff circleB. Jackman – carries the puck to center ice and passes it to Tarasenko entering the middle of the Coyotes zoneV. Tarasenko – takes the puck to the top left faceoff circle and fires a wrist shot that Smith stops with a rebound to the right of the creaseA. Steen – one-times the puck over Smith’s right shoulder

Arizona FaultsD. Moss – gets caught watching the puck both when Tarasenko has it and when Backes gets the rebound, so he never gets in position to cover Steen, who is open the whole play

St. Louis ContributionsJ. Schwartz – stops Stone’s clearing attempt against the left-side boards and passes the puck to Tarasenko above the right faceoff circle (cont.), gets the puck off of the fortunate bounce, turns himself to the net, and fires a wrist shot over Smith’s gloveV. Tarasenko – holds the puck and then tries to move it to the right point, but the puck hits the left skate of Vitale and caroms down to the left faceoff circle where Schwartz is standing all alone

Arizona FaultsC. Summers – in the penalty box for roughingM. Stone – gets to a puck along the boards and can’t clear it, turning it over to SchwartzJ. Vitale – redirects Tarasenko’s pass with his skate down to Schwartz all alone with Smith

4th Blues Goal (Schwartz), Even

St. Louis ContributionsJ. Lehtera – wins a faceoff in the right circle of the Coyotes zone to the left for SchwartzJ. Schwartz – quickly takes a wrist shot that beats Smith’s glove

Arizona FaultsB. McMillan – skates past the puck and fans on his attempt to play it off of the faceoff

1st Coyotes Goal (Korpikoski), Powerplay

Arizona ContributionsS. Doan – gets a loose puck behind the Blues net and plays it to Yandle next to the left faceoff circle (cont.), backhands the puck from behind the net to Korpikoski in inside corner of the right faceoff circleK. Yandle – passes the puck to Ekman-Larsson at the right pointO. Ekman-Larsson – moves the puck down the right-side boards to Doan behind the netL. Korpikoski – one-times Doan’s pass past Allen’s glove

St. Louis FaultsA. Steen – in the penalty box for cross-checkingT. Oshie – is too slow to pick up Korpikoski going to the front of the net by himself for Doan’s pass

5th Blues Goal (Lehtera), Powerplay

St. Louis ContributionsK. Shattenkirk – gets the puck behind the Blues net and passes it up to Steen exiting the left side of the zoneA. Steen – taps the puck forward through the neutral zone to Lehtera entering the left side of the Coyotes zoneJ. Lehtera – enters the zone, takes the puck down below the left faceoff dot, and shoots a low wrister through Smith’s five-hole

Arizona FaultsM. Erat – in the penalty box for holdingM. Smith – never naturally drops to close his five-hole on the bad-angle shot

6th Blues Goal (Schwartz), Powerplay

St. Louis ContributionsJ. Lehtera – gets a puck that was deflected into the right corner of the Coyotes zone and passes it to Tarasenko along the right half-boards (cont.), gets the puck from Tarasenko and holds it as the Coyotes collapse to the slot, then passes the puck up to Shattenkirk at the right pointV. Tarasenko – moves the puck to Shattenkirk at the right point (cont.), gets the puck from Shattenkirk and sends it back down to Lehtera below the goal line on the right sideK. Shattenkirk – returns the puck to Tarasenko (cont.), one-times Lehtera’s pass and creates a rebound in the slotJ. Schwartz – flicks the rebound past Smith’s left shoulder

Arizona FaultsK. Chipchura – in the penalty box for elbowingZ. Michalek – dropped to the ice to block passing lanes when Lehtera got the puck, but slid below the goal line and couldn’t recover quickly enough to stop Schwartz or get the rebound in front